How many times have you said ”I’ll google it”? Well you’re not the only one, with the expression now becoming so common that “google” is now officially a real word.
Two of the world’s leading English language dictionaries, the American Merriam-Webster and the UK Oxford English Dictary, have added “google” as en entry.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines google (and yes it is lower case) as a transitive verb that means “”to use the Google search engine to obtain information about (as a person) on the World Wide Web.”
The Oxford English Dictionary defines Google (yes, it’s still capitalized in the UK) as: “intr. To use the Google search engine to find information on the Internet.
trans. To search for information about (a person or thing) using the Google search engine.”